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Gotthard rail tunnel, world’s longest, closes for months after Swiss derailment (www.theguardian.com)

US real estate markets scramble following cyberattack on listings provider (arstechnica.com)

Fan Ports PlayStation Classic [WipeOut], Dares Sony To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own (kotaku.com)

WipeOut was Sony’s initial first-party exclusive for the original PlayStation when it launched back in 1995. The anti-gravity racing game was phenomenal. Now it’s abandoned. So one dedicated programmer took it upon himself to excavate the game’s leaked source code and make it playable for free in any web browser....

Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK (www.bbc.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/2Y3u6...

The Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’ (www.forbes.com)

If reception to Baldur’s Gate says anything, it’s that people hate microtransactions in their AAA games.

Palia has launched into Open Beta (palia.com)

F2P Harvest Moon style MMO

After rise in climate direct action, Europe cracks down (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1289623...

‘Strange Planet’ Review: Apple TV+’s Cute New Cartoon Series Is Best Consumed in Small Doses (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

Nathan W. Pyle and Dan Harmon's show tackles the joys, tragedies and absurdities of everyday existence through gently comic tales set on a planet of blue humanoid beings.

‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/fj7IK...

William Friedkin Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘French Connection’ Director & ‘Exorcist’ Nominee Was 87 (deadline.com)

Niger military deploys reinforcements to capital after ignoring deadline to cede power (www.cnn.com)

Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential invasion, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running the country refused to abide by an influential regional bloc’s deadline to cede power

Hackers force hospital system to take its national computer system offline (www.nbcnews.com)

Prospect Medical Holdings, a chain that owns hospitals, as well as more than 165 outpatient facilities, said ransomware hackers had breached its system.

ICO slams Meta's plan not to ask the British for permission to advertise (stackdiary.com)

Meta has been chastised by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its decision not to seek explicit consent from UK users for targeted advertising.

Cyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used against deadly virus mutation in cats (abcnews.go.com)

Veterinarians in Cyprus are lauding a government decision to allow its stock of human COVID-19 medication to be used against a feline virus that has killed thousands of cats on the Mediterranean island

Elk On A Trail - Yellowstone NP [OC] (lemmy.world)

Hard to tell but it is actually on a very steep slope a few hundred feet up the side of a canyon. To us on the other side it was hardly more than a single moving dot, luckily my LUMIX has a 12x optical zoom!

Argentina won't use 'one dollar' of reserves to repay IMF, says Massa (www.reuters.com)

July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California (apnews.com)

Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population subject to extreme heat.

This Machine Could Keep Moore’s Law on Track (spectrum.ieee.org)

A side panel that works great (even with gesture navigation) (play.google.com)

I’ve tried a lot of panels/sidebars/taskbars for Android but this one really stands out. It works so well you might think it’s a native android feature (i wish it was added to Android by default)....

India, Manipur genocide : Opposition presses Modi on persistent Manipur violence (asia.nikkei.com)

Central troops struggle to prevent escalation amid outrage over sexual assault video

Dangerously high temperatures forecast across Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News (www3.nhk.or.jp)

Life-threatening high temperatures were forecast across Japan on Thursday, and officials are urging steps to avoid heatstroke.

Google Maps for Android rolling out much faster voice input powered by Assistant [Gallery] (9to5google.com)

The Google Maps app for Android has, for years now, had the same old voice input that’s slow and not as accurate as Google’s latest offerings. Finally that’s changing, as Google Maps is rolling out a new voice input experience powered by Google Assistant.